Escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, tariffs, trade deficits and Federal Reserve policy debates led the weekend’s top finance and politics stories.

Escalating U.S.-Iran tensions, tariffs, trade deficits and Federal Reserve policy debates led the weekend’s top finance and politics stories.

Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran have knock-on effects for inflation expectations and as a result, the trajectory of the base rate, notes Goldman Sachs.